quick update from the last 8 months (though perhaps i am deluding myself in the belief that anyone reads this anymore?):
january: got job on soren larsen as hoped for.
january - april: worked for 3 months as deckhand during nz sailing season and refit.
met carl (more on him later! :)
april: got kicked off soren larsen day before the ship left for easter island with the words "thanks for all your hard work", though had been promised a spot on the crew for the trip because of all that "hard work" i had been doing... had just enough money for a one-way ticket to vancouver, and no work visa for nz, so flew home.
may - august: been home in vancouver working as a bike courier downtown. until last week when had a bad fall from bike and buggered my elbow and knee pretty badly...
am leaving in 2.5 weeks to return to sailing in nz with carl (mentioned 3 paragraphs above...). yay!
so about carl: assistant engineer on soren larsen, met when i joined the ship and became an item right away... by the end of my time on board we were both sure it was meant to be. carl stayed on soren larsen so i haven't seen him since they left (sadness), but we will be together soon!
so the plan now is to sail together on his family's boat ATAHUA, around the coast of nz from september until december. in december we fly back to vancouver to spend 3 weeks before xmas with my family (holiday with the rellies! yay!), before flying to denmark for xmas/new years with his family. back to vancouver january 25th and getting married (yes, married!!!) on january 31st . back to nz on february 2nd.
the plan at this point does not extend beyond our return as a married couple to nz in february. we do plan on sailing, but in what capacity we do not yet know. with our combined sailing experience and his engineering degree we should have no problem picking up paid work on yachts (big privately-owned luxury yachts), which pay well and would give us the opportunity to continue sailing the south pacific and get paid for it!
another option (and my preferred one) is to buy a boat together, maybe 60-70 feet, refit the boat for sailing charters and give the soren larsen some competition. again, with our combined experience i think we could be very successful at this. we could run sailing charters around the nz coast and into the south pacific.
whatever we do it will be on the water. very exciting!
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Wednesday, January 03, 2007
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
merry christmas, happy new year and all that other rubbish... i am still alive and kicking, been here in brisbane australia for a month but leaving in 6 days for new zealand to join the soren larsen (hopefully!) as a deckie... moving on to new adventure!
it's been a busy month, lots of visiting with friends, checking out the scenery around brisbane. plus it was my birthday, then christmas, then new years...
not planning on returning home for another year or so, hopefully i will make it in time to spend the next holiday season with the rellies. it was fabulous spending this time with my friends from the boat but i miss my family and it is not the same having christmas without being with them!
i am flying to auckland on jan 10th in the hopes of getting a job on the tall ship soren larsen. my friends margaret and peter (whom i met in vanuatu) are good friends with the owner and also the skipper. they heard from the skipper that the soren was short one deckhand and so mentioned that i was very interested in the job. i am hoping that i get this job, it would allow me to sail for another year to many places in the south pacific, including easter island! and get paid to do it! fingers crossed, everyone!!! i am very excited to start a new adventure but also very sad to leave the alvei and my friends on board. i hope that we will all see each other again soon!
no new pics as of late because i broke my blasted camera. it survived 3 cyclones, being dropped in the sand, kicked, thrown, sat on, the ni-van kids, etc.. etc... but i drop it once on the pavement and crack the stupid lense. $280 repair! so no camera until i can afford to buy a cheapie. hopefully soon!
will report back in from auckland with news as to my success in getting the soren larsen job!
it's been a busy month, lots of visiting with friends, checking out the scenery around brisbane. plus it was my birthday, then christmas, then new years...
not planning on returning home for another year or so, hopefully i will make it in time to spend the next holiday season with the rellies. it was fabulous spending this time with my friends from the boat but i miss my family and it is not the same having christmas without being with them!
i am flying to auckland on jan 10th in the hopes of getting a job on the tall ship soren larsen. my friends margaret and peter (whom i met in vanuatu) are good friends with the owner and also the skipper. they heard from the skipper that the soren was short one deckhand and so mentioned that i was very interested in the job. i am hoping that i get this job, it would allow me to sail for another year to many places in the south pacific, including easter island! and get paid to do it! fingers crossed, everyone!!! i am very excited to start a new adventure but also very sad to leave the alvei and my friends on board. i hope that we will all see each other again soon!
no new pics as of late because i broke my blasted camera. it survived 3 cyclones, being dropped in the sand, kicked, thrown, sat on, the ni-van kids, etc.. etc... but i drop it once on the pavement and crack the stupid lense. $280 repair! so no camera until i can afford to buy a cheapie. hopefully soon!
will report back in from auckland with news as to my success in getting the soren larsen job!
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